As fighting ensues in the streets of New York, the Turtles and the civilian populace get caught in the middle. 1) #50-62), a feud between various factions of the Foot Clan over leadership breaks out. In the City at War storyline ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. Leonardo captured by Karai on the cover of issue #57 (art by A. The Turtles later burn the Shredder's corpse on a funeral pyre in a nearby Manhattan harbor. Leonardo ends the battle by decapitating the Shredder just as the building implodes. Leonardo engages in a bloody battle with Shredder that spills out onto the rooftop of the building. This prompts Raphael to finally cede to Leonardo's leadership, leaving him to fight the Shredder. However, he is ambushed and beaten by the Shredder's Elite guard but is rescued by Leonardo. The three go along with Raphael's plan to storm the Foot Headquarters, where once again Raphael goes off on his own to fight the Shredder. Along with his younger brother Donatello and his youngest brother Michelangelo, Leonardo returns to New York and reunites with his wayward brother in the old sewer lair. Leonardo is beaten by Raphael, who throws Leonardo through the wall of the barn and leaves him alone. He accuses Leonardo of cowardice, and the arguing brothers soon come to blows. 1) #19-21), Raphael demands that the Turtles return to New York to confront the Foot Clan and the Shredder. In the Return to New York storyline ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. In subsequent issues, it is implied that Leonardo has regained most of his confidence. While out hunting, he sees April fall through ice into a lake, and he rescues her. He repeatedly attempts, unsuccessfully, to hunt for deer. However, he lost a great deal of confidence. During this time, Leonardo recovers from his physical wounds. In the end, the building catches fire and the police arrive, but they secretly escape to Northampton. The remaining Turtles and Splinter are forced to continue the fight, but even with the aid of Casey Jones, the odds are against them. Beaten to near unconsciousness, he is thrown through April O'Neil's apartment window. He puts up an admirable fight against an army of Foot Ninja but is eventually overwhelmed. In Leonardo #1, Leonardo goes out for a run on the rooftops of New York City and is ambushed by the Foot Clan.
He is often at odds with his more hot-headed younger brother Raphael. He is the one to usually take charge of the turtles when Master Splinter is not present.
He never explicitly referred to himself as a leader in the early stories, except in issue #44 ("The Violent Underground"). Leonardo is depicted as the main protagonist of the comics.
In the original comics, all four of the Turtles wear red masks, but for the creators to tell them apart, he was written and redrawn to have an ocean-blue mask. Like his brothers, he is named after an Italian Renaissance artist, in this case, Leonardo da Vinci. In most iterations, Leonardo is portrayed as the leader, as well as the most mature and disciplined of the Turtles. Often depicted wearing a blue bandanna, his signature weapons are two katana. He is one of the four central characters of the franchise, along with his brothers, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. Leonardo, nicknamed Leo, is a superhero appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media, and created by American comic book artists, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
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